[3form]

How about none of the above, but hired because of wanting OpenClaw?

[bjt]

There's OpenClaw the codebase, and there's OpenClaw the community. They could build the same program very easily (as evidenced by the number of clones out there already). That part's not worth paying much for. But redirecting the whole enthusiast community around it? That's worth a lot.

[3form]

Exactly. My point is that it might not be about the guy.